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  • Politics as Exchange

    An Analysis of the Political Marketplace

    by Randall G. Holcombe ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    Political institutions have been depicted by academics as a marketplace where citizens transact with each other to accomplish collective ends difficult to accomplish otherwise. This depiction supports a romantic notion of democracy in which democratic governments are accountable to their citizens, and act in their best interests. In Politics as Exchange, Randall Holcombe explains why this view of ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Producing Prosperity

    An Inquiry into the Operation of the Market Process

    by Randall Holcombe ...
    Series series Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy
    The substantial prosperity that characterizes market economies at the beginning of the twenty-first century is relatively recent in human history. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, economic progress was so slow that people would not have been able to recognize it in their lifetimes, whereas today, economic progress is so much a part of people’s lives that they take it for granted.In this new ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Entrepreneurship and Economic Progress

    by Randall Holcombe ...
    Series series Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy
    Entrepreneurship is the engine of economic progress, but mainstream economic models of economic growth tend to leave out the entrepreneurial elements of the economy. This new book from Randall Holcombe begins by identifying areas in which evolutionary and Austrian approaches differ from the academic mainstream literature on economic growth, before moving on to distinguish growth from progress.The ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Advanced Introduction to Public Choice

    by Randall G. Holcombe ...
    Series series Elgar Advanced Introductions series
    Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.This Advanced Introduction presents a focused narrative about political decision-making based on the work that has defined public choice as a discipline. Randall G. Holcombe emphasizes the theoretical foundations of Public Choice ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Liberty in Peril

    Democracy and Power in American History

    by Randall G. Holcombe ...
    When the United States was born in the revolutionary acts of 1776, Americans viewed the role of government as the protector of their individual rights. Thus, the fundamental principle underlying the new American government was liberty. Over time, the ideology of political "democracy"—the idea that the role of government is to carry out the "will of the people," as revealed through majority rule ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Coordination, Cooperation, and Control

    The Evolution of Economic and Political Power

    by Randall G. Holcombe ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    There are two ways people coordinate their actions: through cooperation, exercised by economic power, and through control, exercised by political power. When economic and political power are held by the same people, the result is stagnation; when those who hold economic power are not the same people who hold political power, the result is progress. This book presents the ways in which economic ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Political Capitalism

    How Economic and Political Power Is Made and Maintained

    by Randall G. Holcombe ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    Problems associated with cronyism, corporatism, and policies that favor the elite over the masses have received increasing attention in recent years. Political Capitalism explains that what people often view as the result of corruption and unethical behavior are symptoms of a distinct system of political economy. The symptoms of political capitalism are often viewed as the result of government ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Following Their Leaders

    Political Preferences and Public Policy

    by Randall G. Holcombe ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    Models of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences and that candidates adjust their platforms to conform with those preferences; however, the direction of causation is largely the opposite. Political elites offer policy platforms to voters, and voters adopt those policies - they follow their leaders. Following Their Leaders argues that policies are designed by the ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • New Perspectives on State Government Fiscal Challenges

    by Barry W. Poulson, John Merrifield, James Broughel, Chris Edwards, Erick M. Elder, Olivia Gonzalez, Jeremy Horpedahl, Dwight Lee, Veronica Lucero0, Matthew Mitchell1, Anne Philpot2, Thurston Powers3, Jonathan Riches4, Thomas Savidge5, Austill Stuart6, Diana W. Thomas7, Michael D. Thomas8, Gary A. Wagner9, Randall G. Holcombe0 ...
    In this book on new fiscal approaches, nineteen experts examine topics ranging from constitutional reform and debt fatigue to fiscal rules and zero-based budgeting. Together, these contributions inform a multifaceted, nuanced argument for the need to formalize spending restraint and redefine state debt to include unfunded liabilities. Scholars will find the book useful as a reference tool ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Essential James Buchanan, The (Essential Scholars)

    by Donald J. Boudreaux, Randall G. Holcombe ...
    Narrated by Nichalia Schwartz ...
    Series Audiobook 10 - Essential Scholars

    Unabridged

    4 hours 14 min

    James (“Jim”) McGill Buchanan (1919-2013), surely seemed an unlikely prospect for winning a Nobel Prize in Economics when he was born in rural Tennessee on October 3rd.Many of the works on Buchanan’s extensive list of publications stemmed from a single insight from early in his career: because neither the state nor society is a singular and sentient creature, a great deal of analytical and policy ... Read more

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    A Cure for Capitalism

    by Richard Wolff ...
    What, and who, are we working for? A thoughtful assessment on our current society from "probably America's most prominent Marxist economist" ( The New York Times).Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable ... Read more

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  • The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy

    Democracy and the Future of the World Economy

    by Dani Rodrik ...
    Surveying three centuries of economic history, a Harvard professor argues for a leaner global system that puts national democracies front and center.From the mercantile monopolies of seventeenth-century empires to the modern-day authority of the WTO, IMF, and World Bank, the nations of the world have struggled to effectively harness globalization's promise. The economic narratives that underpinned ... Read more

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